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Walden Robotics Exits Stealth With $1.1 Billion Toyota Backing

Toyota and Deviation Capital co-led the $300 million seed funding robots built for machine tending, tool setting and parts kitting, not humanoids.

  • Walden Robotics is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and already sells robots to factories.
  • Toyota and Deviation Capital co-led the roughly $300 million seed funding round.
  • The robots handle machine tending, tool setting, parts kitting and assembly, not humanoid tasks.

Why it matters: The billion-dollar valuation reflects machines already tending tools and kitting parts on real factory floors.

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